Don't miss the opportunity to hear Riccardo Chailly conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra! On March 12, they'll be performing astonishingly beautiful works by Rachmaninoff at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Get your tickets now!

Riccardo Chailly conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra

Riccardo Chailly was the chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1988 to 2004. While he was able to continue the tradition of the great romantic works in a new way, at the same time he expanded the orchestra’s repertoire of contemporary music and opera. He returned for several concerts with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in April 2013. In March 2018, he conducted the orchestra in works by Stravinsky and Shostakovich.

From 2005 to 2016, Chailly took charge of the Gewandhaus Orchester and the opera in Leipzig. In 2015, he became principal conductor of La Scala in Milan, of which he is the artistic director since January 2017. He fulfils the same role at the Lucerne Festival Orchestra since 2016. 

Concert programme

The concert programme includes performances of some stunning works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, the popular Piano Concerto No. 2 with Mao Fujita at the piano and Symphony No. 1.

• Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18
• Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 1 in D minor, op. 13

Concertgebouw's Main Hall, where legends like Rachmaninoff performed

The Concertgebouw’s famous Main Hall is one of the best concert halls in the world, well-known for its exceptional acoustics and special atmosphere. In the Main Hall, you will feel history. Here, Gustav Mahler conducted his own compositions, as did Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky. Even Sergei Rachmaninoff played his own piano concertos in the Main Hall!

This is also where musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Yehudi Menuhin gave legendary performances. Right up to now, the Main Hall offers a stage to the world’s best orchestras and musicians. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Main Hall for yourself!

Buy your tickets

Buy your tickets in advance on the Concertgebouw website and get to experience one of the top orchestras in the Netherlands playing in the acoustical wonder that is the Concertgebouw. Plus, drinks are included in the ticket price - book your tickets today!

Photo photo credit: Renske Vrolijk